How To Know Whether A Word Is An Adjective
Adjectives usually go before nouns. They describe a quality of that noun. Or they may describe a number, quantity or amount. Humans have two hands and ten fingers. She wore a funny hat. She...
Category: Grammar
Expressions With How
How is used to introduce questions or the answers to questions. How did you do that? I don’t know how he did it. Tell me how you did it? How can be used in exclamations. Note that in exclamations the verb...
Grammatical Structures With Have
Have + object The structure have + object is often used to talk about actions and experiences. Let us have a drink. I was having a bath. Have a nice time. In these expressions, have is used in the sense...
Have As An Auxiliary Verb
Have is used both as an ordinary verb and as an auxiliary verb. As an auxiliary verb As an auxiliary verb, have is used with past participles to make perfect verb forms. She has acted in a film. (Present Perfect.) I have...
When And Where To Use Gerunds?
Gerunds are ing forms that serve the same purpose as nouns. That means a gerund can be the subject or object of a verb. It can also be the object of a preposition or...
What Are Gerunds?
Study the following sentence: Writing is her pastime. Here writing is an example of a gerund. It is an ing form. It is also the subject of the verb is. A gerund can act...
Ing Form vs. Infinitive
Gerunds are forms like singing, playing, working and eating. Infinitives are forms like (to) sing, (to) play, (to) work and (to) eat. Note that the infinitive is usually used with the marker to. Review...
Future Continuous Tense
We will learn about the future continuous tense in this essay. Form: will / shall + be + ing form Affirmative I shall/will be writing. She will be writing. You will be writing. Negative...
Future Perfect Tense
The future perfect tense Form: will /shall + have + past participle form of the verb Affirmative I shall/will have written. She will have written. You will have written. Negative I shall/will not have...
Position of Frequency Adverbs
Adverbs of frequency tell us how often something happens. Examples are: often, never, always, sometimes, generally, usually, seldom, rarely, ever, hardly ever, frequently etc. Adverbs of frequency usually go after the auxiliary verb and before the main...